Some experts in the building, construction industry on Friday called for collaboration among professional bodies and operators for effective delivery of housing projects in the country. The experts made the call at the ongoing Nigeria BuildExpo 2018 in Lagos. According to them, with teamwork, the operators in the industry would achieve effective project delivery as well as eliminate quackery in ...

Pension operators have advocated that the Federal Government invest the over N8.33trillion pension assets into viable infrastructure projects. The pension operators have also said they want such investments to be well-structured and creditworthy. The President, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) Mrs. Aderonke Adedeji, said at a retreat for legislators in Calabar, that for the first time Nigeria can ...

In consideration of requests made by property owners in Enugu and in consonance with its commitment to the wellbeing of the people, the Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Administration has approved a 50 percent discount on accrued land use charges in Enugu State. Briefing newsmen on the outcome for the State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting, the Commissioner for Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority ...

Nigeria will need as much as $1 trillion modernize its energy infrastructure, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Thursday in Abuja. While speaking at the National Energy and Climate Change summit held at the Presidential Villa, Osinbajo said “huge investment of about one trillion US dollars required to modernize our energy infrastructure in twenty-nine years between 2014 and 2043.” Osinbajo, who ...

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday held that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order 6 is in line with the 1999 Constitution. The judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, made the pronouncement while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two lawyers; Ikenga Ugochinyere and Kenneth Udeze, challenging the legitimacy of the order. Mrs. Ojukwu held that it was within the powers of ...

Chaos in the early hours of Wednesday following the collapse of the major Taraba bridge at Peva, which linked Wukari and Takum towns in the state. Takum is the hometown of a former Minister of Defence and Former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma. An eyewitness, Mr. Torsaa Chieve said the collapse of the bridge followed a heavy rain ...

A widower, Isah Sulaiman, has sued his mother-in-law at a Magajin Gari Sharia Court in Kaduna, over his late wife’s inheritance. Sulaiman told the court that his mother-in-law, Khadija Ibrahim, had allegedly confiscated his late wife’s inheritance meant for his children. The plaintiff is asking the court to compel the respondent to hand over the documents of his late wife, ...

As part of its corporate social responsibility towards community development, Living Faith Church has renovated one kilometre link road in No Man’s Land, Sabon-Gari area of Kano metropolis. Speaking at the commissioning, the resident and state Pastor of the Church, Pastor Agi Emmanuel said the project was a testimony of the contributions of the Christian community to the development of ...

Demolition: Septuagenarian Samuel Adeolu had only returned from where he had gone to purchase some bags of wheat for use in his bakery. But as he alighted from his car, he suddenly stopped short. “What is this? What is this?”, he screamed as he beheld the ruin of what used to be his beloved bakery. That was four years ago ...

The real estate sector is a highly competitive sector. Breaking into it is difficult, to say the least. In fact, it’s commonly shared that 87% of new real estate agents fail within the first five years. The reason? Most new real estate agents don’t make the sort of income they need or want in order to continue in the business. While real ...